Portable snow-scraper for trolley-cars.



N. DAROIS.

PORTABLE ,SNOW SCRAPER FOR TROLLEY CARS. APPLICATION man 050. 23. 1914'.

1,142,677. 1 PatentedJune 8,1915.

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PORTABLE snow SCRAPER FOR TROLLEY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED DECJ23 1914.

Patented J une 8, 1915.

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NWEIVTOR WITNESSES In G O TTUR/VE YS seas A NOAH DAROIS, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

PORTABLE snow-sonar'nn FOR. TROLLEY-CARS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NOAH DAROIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn,

in the county of Kings and State of New' the front of a trolley car to take the place of the fender and thereby scrape the snow off the tracks and dischargeit to the right side. which is especially advantageous in a double track system.

. The invention has to provide a comparatively simple, inexpensive and substantialscraper for trolley cars which is so designed that it can be securely held in position and yet is easily detachable so that it can be changed from one end of the carto the other, andsthe scraper is equipped, withconnecting means or brackets whereby the same supports that i hold the fender of the trolley car canbe employed to supportthescraper, it being necessary, however, to remove the fender for the substitution of the scraper.

A further objectv of the invention is to i provide a scraper of novel form which extends obliquely from one rail to the other of the track, and the shape of the scraper is such' that the snow is deflected and thrown out 'a considerable distance to the right of the track for providing the necessary clearancefor the car body and steps.

With such objects in view, and others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention and wherein similar charactersof reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure-lis a perspective view of the snow scraper applied to the front of a trolley car; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the scraper applied; and 3'is a vertical section on the line 3-3, Fig. 2.-

Referring to the drawing, A designates Specification of Letters Yatent.

for its general objects Patented June 8, 1915.

Application filed December 23, 1914. Serial No. 878,746.

the front portion of a trolley car, and B is the snow scraper applied thereto for scrap ing snow from the track. This scraper comprises a body made of flat metal of: suitable gage and has a vertical portion '1 and a forwardly curved horizontal flange 2 which increases in width from the leading end 3 of the scraper or blade to the following end 4. The scraper is disposed at an angle to the track and extends from one side thereof to the other? with the, ends of the scraper projecting beyond the track rails far enough to clear a way sufficiently wide for the car body and its steps. By-reason of thisjangular' disposition of the scraper and the curved flange 2 thereof the snow is shot outwardly and upwardly from the rear end 4 thereby effectively clearing the tracks of snow.

The" means for supporting the scraper on the trolley car may be of any desired character, bntinthepresent instance the attaching means have been especially designed with reference to thefender supports, so that by remov ng the fender from the'car the scraper can be substituted; The front of'tbe car isprovided with brackets 5 arranged on-vertical supports'fi and disposed a suitable. distance above the platform 7,

' and onthe bottom of the platform are hangers or brackets 8. These and the brackets -5 -have recesses or seats formed by books 9,

whereby the attaching frames or braces 10 and 11 of the scraper B can be attached to r the brackets 5 and 8. The'brace 10 is 'ap-- proximately vertical and comprises a rod] bent into an inverted U-shaped st ucture with the lower ends of its side mem ers 12 hingedly connected at 13. with the rear of the' scraper, and the horizontal connecting member 14 seated in the hooks 9 of the brackets 5. The brace 11 is approximately horizontal and is also a U-shaped structure having side members 15 and 16 hingedly connected at 17 with the rear side of the scraper and united by a transverse connecting portion 18 which is seated in the hooks 9 of the brackets 8. The side member 16 is thereof so as'to connect with the draw-bar 'of the scraper as the trolley car travels,

I05 longer than the side member 15 of this lower has a vertical member 23 disposed in contact with the rear side of the scraper, and

the scraper has vertical slots 24 for receiving the bolts 25 which connect the attaching device C to the scraper. If desired a chain or equivalent means 26 may assist in supporting the weight of the scraper and withstand strains placed thereon, this chain having its lower end fastened to the scraper at 27 and the upper end fastened to a. hook 28 on the dash of the trolley car; In order to remove the scraper the coupling pin 21 is taken out and the chain 26 detached from the hook 28, and then the upper and lower braces 10 and 11 can be unhooked from the brackets 5 and 8. From the foregoing descriptiontake'n in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily under stood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and While I have described the principle of operation, together with the devicewhich I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may begmadewhen desired as are Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1,. The combination of a car including a platform, a pair of brackets above the plat copies eflf this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the form, a pair of brackets below the platform, and a draw bar on the platform, with a snow scraper extending entirely across the car front,,a bracing element attached to-the rear of the scraper and removably engaged With the upper brackets, a bracing the car, whereby the snow scraper can be substituted for the fender.

3. The combination with a car having a draw-bar and fender supports, of a snow scraper disposed in front 'of the car, a plurality of braces connecting the scraper with U-shaped brackets hingedly connected tothe said devices, and means for fastening the rear of the scraper and engaging in the hooks of the brackets, anda device rigidly secured to the rear of the scraper and detachably connected the platform of the car. I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisspeciiication in the presence of two subscr bing witnesses.

g 0 N OAH DAROIS. Witnesses: AUoUsT W. SCHMIDT,

HENRY lV. DREYER. r

f, Commis oner of Patents,

Washington, I). G. 

